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Photo by @startindia ・・・ 'Tourist on the beach' One of the seven cutouts from the #cutoutproject, 'Tourist on the beach' was up at the Miramar Beach in Panjim, Goa. Large cutouts in public spaces are commonly reserved for celebrities. The Cutout Project put up large cutouts of common people in and around Goa. These cutouts enticed various reactions from passersby, mainly since such a grand display of commoners wasn't something the city had witnessed before. Conceptualised by @hanifkureshi, and painted by Bollywood Artist Deepak Sarast and team, this project was a part of St+art Goa with the @serendipityartsfestival Festival proudly supported by @asianpaints #startgoa #saf2017 #chanceupon #asianpaints #startindia #artforall #indiaphotoproject

One of the highlights of #Day5 of the Serendipity Arts Festival 2017 was 'About the Elephant' - a collaboration between Tanusree Shankar and Sampad Arts and Heritage. 'About the Elephant' aims to explore the interplay between two contrasting styles of dance. See the video clips to understand what I'm talking about! [Curated by: Tanusree Shankar Commissioned by: Serendipity Arts and Sampad Arts and Heritage Choreographed and performed by: Connor Scott and Vidya Patel Music Composition and live performance by: Shammi Pithia Mentored by: Kerry Nicholls Lighting Design by: Gaurav Sharma] @SerendipityArtsFestival @_VidyaPatel #BeAtSAF #SAF2017 #SAFStories #ChanceUpon #Dance #performance #live #India #UK #Music #IndianClassicalDance #ContemporaryDance #dancer #AboutTheElephant (at Kala Academy)

Was a pleasure to watch Maya Krishna Rao at the @serendipityartsfestival. Maya is reviving Quality Street, the acerbic Nigerian comedy, which is a relentless ping-pong between a disapproving, quick-witted “bourgeois” mother and her US returned, university educated daughter. #SAF2017 #SAFStories #ChanceUpon #QualityStreet #MayaKrishnaRao (at Goa, India)

ANOTHER 'spot me if you can' ;) Yours truly makes a cameo appearance in the #Day4 video of the Serendipity Arts Festival :) @serendipityartsfestival #BeAtSAF #SAF2017 #SAFStories #ChanceUpon (at Goa, India)

The Grand Finale of the Serendipity Arts Festival 2017 was held at the DB Grounds in Panaji, Goa, with Mir Mukhtiyar Ali wooing the audience through the best of Sufi music. For the uninitiated, Mir Mukhtiyar Ali is a folk singer from Bikaner, Rajasthan. He was born in a small village called Pugal on the North-West frontier of India and belongs to the semi-nomadic community of Mirasis, who have been the traditional carriers of the oral tradition of Sufiana Qalam in India. Mukhtiar blends the Rajasthani folk idiom with refined classicism to sing the poetry of Kabir, Mira and Sufi poets such as Bulleh Shah. Through the Kabir project, Mukhtiyar was spotted by world music circuits and made his international debut in July 2007. Since then, he has performed in Belgium, Sweden, China, Canada, Germany and France. He has also lent his voice to a few films including Tashan (2008), Bombay Summer (2008), Kathai (2010), and Delhi in a Day (2011). @serendipityartsfestival #BeAtSAF #SAF2017 #SAFStories #ChanceUpon #Music #performance #live #India #folksinger #Sufiana #folk #poetry #poet #Sufimusic (at Goa, India)

Spot me if you can ;) Yours truly makes a cameo appearance in the #Day6 official video of the Serendipity Arts Festival 😄 @serendipityartsfestival #BeAtSAF #SAF2017 #SAFStories #ChanceUpon (at Goa, India)

Like all good things must come to an end someday, the Serendipity Arts Festival 2017 too has reached its final leg today in Goa. I hope you have enjoyed the coverage I have provided every day during the festival. Here are some random shots I took from my DLSR at various venues in Goa, where the festival was being organized. Are you at #SAF yet? @SerendipityArtsFestival #BeAtSAF #SAF2017 #SAFStories #ChanceUpon #visualarts #performances #exhibitions #music #dance #theater #comedy #photography #culinaryarts #theatre #craft (at Goa)

On #Day6 of the Serendipity Arts Festival 2017, I was glad to meet fellow blogger and book author, Anamika Mishra, who originally hails from Kanpur but keeps shuttling between Mumbai and Delhi for the promotion of her new book "For the Sake of Love". Are you at #SAF yet? @serendipityartsfestival #BeAtSAF #SAF2017 #SAFStories #ChanceUpon #author #blogger #live #India #Goa #beach #ForTheSakeOfLove (at Goa)